December 15, 2014

Russell Peters Crushed a Packed Madison Square Garden, George Wallace TV Taping, and Whats New With Colin Quinn, Artie Lange, Joe List, and More!

Jeffrey Gurian is a writer and comedian in New York who loves to Jump Around. Follow his regular column, right here, to find out what’s happening in comedy, and who Jeffrey Gurian ran into this week in and around New York. This week, Jeffrey went to see Russell Peters at Madison Square Garden, George Wallace taping for TV, Colin Quinn and other greats at the Liberty Theater, and more.
December 11, 2014

The IBang Comedy Shopping List: The Only Holiday Shopping List You’ll Need This Year

Ho Ho Ho!!! It's almost Christmas, Hannukah and other assorted gift giving holidays. Is there any better gift than the gift of laughter? Support your favorite comedians while making your friends incredibly happy with the greatest gift in the world. Here are some new releases that will make great gifts in 2014. You don't have to leave your chair, just click a few links, and your holiday shopping is done. Don't be a cheapskate! But a few! You need the friends. Just click on the link in each listing to purchase and you'll be done in minutes.
November 18, 2014

Loni Love Sets the Record Straight About Women in Comedy

Comedian Loni Love has had an impressive career, and she's just got plenty more planned. Author, headliner, tv personality, actor and sister to all of America, now she can add Lipshtick headliner to her resume. This weekend she heads back to the Venetian Hotel for her second show headlining for the Lipshtick series of women in comedy.
November 7, 2014

Vegas Bound Iliza Shlesinger Talks About the Double Edged Sword of Winning Last Comic Standing

Ever since she can remember, Iliza Shlesinger knew that comedy would be a major part of her future. “It was a given, like you’re going to get old one day. It’s something you just always know,” Shlesinger said in an interview with The Interrobang. “My parents were funny, and I always wanted to be funny. Getting the teacher to laugh, getting the other kids to laugh, that was always my goal. Making people laugh is important to my soul, to my being.”
November 6, 2014

Ron White to Guest on Unmasked with Ron Bennington and You Can Request Tickets

Ron Bennington will be sitting down with comedian Ron White for a taping of Unmasked on Wednesday November 12 at 6:00pm. Ron White is of course famous for his Blue Collar Comedy tour. He'll be talking about his career, his book, and of course, his current tour. The taping will take place at SiriusXM's facilities in midtown New York.
October 29, 2014

Ron Bennington to Interview Pete Holmes for New York Comedy Festival on Unmasked

pecial Taping Announcement in New York City!! Pete Holmes will sit down with host Ron Bennington for an episode of Unmasked at the world famed Caroline’s on Broadway Comedy Club in New York City for the New York Comedy Festival!
October 16, 2014

Heather McDonald is Ready To Rip Vegas This Weekend

Heather McDonald spent seven years spent writing for and appearing on Chelsea Lately. She also developed and co-starred on the faux reality show After Lately, wrote two books, wrote for movies, and has maintained a headlining stand up career. Oh yeah, she also had time to start a family, and put together had a one-hour special for Showtime this summer. So it should come as a surprise to no one that she is on the list of incredible women who were invited to perform as part of the Venetian Hotel's Lipshtick comedy series. This weekend, she's back at the Venetian and told us that she is bringing her girlfriends to town with her and they are ready rip it- Vegas style.
September 24, 2014

Sara Schaefer Bringing You Las Vegas…and a Podcast of LIES.

Comedian Sara Schaefer will be performing this Saturday night at the legendary Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas as a part of Lipshtick-- a comedy lineup that includes some of the funniest women in comedy. We got to talk with Sara about her upcoming Vegas appearance, and asked her how she feels about being on the bill with so many legends.
September 10, 2014

Jen Kirkman Gets Drunk, Writes Books, Talks Lipshtick

Comedian Jen Kirkman does it all. To her name she has: four sloppy narrations of Comedy Central's Drunk History, a five-year stint as a panelist and writer for Chelsea Lately, and a recent book called "I Can Barely Take Care of Myself: Tales from a Happy Life without Kids" — which is a New York Times Bestseller. Now touring the country, Kirkman sat with us during her stop in New York. She talked shop about her podcast, what it's like no longer having a day job, and why she's excited about her appearance in this weekend's “Lipshtick”: an all-female comedy series in Las Vegas.
September 2, 2014

Susie Essman in Vegas, You’ll Find Her Indoors

Susie Essman has become best known for playing the outspoken Susie Green on the HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and she's also been a mainstay on the stand up scene for over two decades. Like her alter-ego Susie Green, she is smart, very street, and unflinchingly honest. So we were very excited to get to talk comedy with her.
August 24, 2014

How Lisa Lampanelli Transformed Her Life

Lisa Lampanelli, the reigning Queen of Mean has made some major changes this year. Her father passed away, she decided to end her marriage, she dropped 107 lbs, and has a new attitude on life. She's also one of the headliners of this year's exclusively female comedy show at the Venetian Hotel-- Lipshtick. We got to talk with Lisa about the new Vegas Show, as well as some of the major changes and how it's impacted her comedy.
August 7, 2014

The Filtered Excellence: August 7, 2014

Bob Geldof once asked us, “Where is the filtered excellence!?” It’s right here. Here are this weeks picks of the best things to watch, the most interesting things to do, great things to try, the best picks to read, our favorite things to listen to and more.